Mark and Paige discuss Mark’s predictions for this upcoming year.

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Mark and Paige record from Reuter’s Energy Live Conference with Bill Hendricks, President of Americas at Cognite.

News Stories

Chris Wright’s Nomination: A Challenge to Conventional Climate Wisdom

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Chris-Wrights-Nomination-A-Challenge-to-Conventional-Climate-Wisdom.html

US Treasury Tightens Focus on Iran’s Oil Networks

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Treasury-Tightens-Focus-on-Irans-Oil-Networks.html

U.S. Enters Winter with Highest Natural Gas Stocks in Eight Years

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Enters-Winter-with-Highest-Natural-Gas-Stocks-in-Eight-Years.html

Gazprom Hits Maximum Capacity of Pipeline Gas Flows to China

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Gazprom-Hits-Maximum-Capacity-of-Pipeline-Gas-Flows-to-China.html

North Sea Oil Market Sees Biggest Trading Frenzy in 16 Years

https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/north_sea_oil_market_sees_biggest_trading_frenzy_in_16_years-03-dec-2024-178928-article

ReconAfrica Completes Drilling of First Well in Namibia

https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/reconafrica_completes_drilling_of_first_well_in_namibia-03-dec-2024-178902-article

Total Pauses New York Offshore Wind Project After Trump Win

https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/total_pauses_new_york_offshore_wind_project_after_trump_win-27-nov-2024-178871-article

Oil Glut Set to Thwart Trump’s Call to ‘Frack, Frack, Frack’

https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/oil_glut_set_to_thwart_trumps_call_to_frack_frack_frack-19-nov-2024-178790-article

Meta Seeks Nuclear Power Developers for Reactors to Start in Early 2030s

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/meta-seeks-nuclear-power-developers-reactors-start-early-2030s-2024-12-03

Exxon Talks Continue on Shallow-Water Block In Guyana Auction, Company Says

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exxon-talks-continue-shallow-water-block-guyana-auction-company-says-2024-12-03

Enron has Been Resurrected in What Appears to Be an Elaborate Joke

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/business/enron-resurrected-joke-nightcap/index.html

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Mark and Paige record live at the opening of W Energy’s new office in Houston, Texas.

Equinor Meets Gas Supply Commitment Despite Platform Shutdown

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Equinor-Meets-Gas-Supply-Commitment-Despite-Platform-Shutdown.html

Harbour Energy Joins North Sea Oil Exodus Ahead Of Tax Hikes

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Harbour-Energy-Joins-North-Sea-Oil-Exodus-Ahead-Of-Tax-Hikes.html

Shell Buys US Power Plant for Foothold in New England Market

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Shell-Buys-US-Power-Plant-for-Foothold-in-New-England-Market.html

U.S. Tightens Grip on Russia’s LNG Exports

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Tightens-Grip-on-Russias-LNG-Exports.html

API Says It Welcomes Court Decision Averting Gulf of Mexico Shutdown

https://www.rigzone.com/news/api_says_it_welcomes_court_decision_averting_gulf_of_mexico_shutdown-23-oct-2024-178519-article

Taiwan Military Warns on LNG Vulnerability After PLA Drills

https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/taiwan_military_warns_on_lng_vulnerability_after_pla_drills-23-oct-2024-178516-article

Equinor Switches Off Sleipner Production Platform after Detecting Smoke

https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/equinor_switches_off_sleipner_production_platform_after_detecting_smoke-23-oct-2024-178512-article

Nabors Announces Deal to Acquire Parker Wellbore

https://www.rigzone.com/news/nabors_announces_deal_to_acquire_parker_wellbore-17-oct-2024-178460-article

Four new petroleum liquids pipelines have been completed in the U.S. since 2023

https://www.bicmagazine.com/industry/pipelines/four-new-petroleum-liquids-pipelines-have-been-completed-since-2023

Siemens files lawsuit in Texas against Citgo Petroleum parent

https://www.bicmagazine.com/industry/regulations/siemens-files-lawsuit-in-texas-against-citgo-petroleum-parent

Phillips 66 provides notice of its plan to cease operations at Los Angeles-area refinery

https://www.bicmagazine.com/industry/refining-petrochem/phillips-66-provides-notice-of-its-plan-to-cease-operations-los-angeles-refinery

Full-Blown Scandal’: Biden-Harris Admin Hid Documents To Justify Fossil Fuel Crackdown, Oversight Committee Says

https://freebeacon.com/biden-harris-administration/full-blown-scandal-biden-harris-admin-hid-documents-to-justify-fossil-fuel-crackdown-oversight-committee-says/

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Hours-long toxic gas leak at Pemex oil refinery near Houston far exceeded legal limit

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/pemexs-deer-park-oil-refinery-scales-back-operations-after-fatal-accident-2024-10-12

U.S. crude oil falls below $71 per barrel, continuing sell-off

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/16/crude-oil-prices-today.html

Kinaxis Announces Deal to Transform Energy Sector Supply Chains

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241014131696/en/Kinaxis-Announces-Deal-to-Transform-Energy-Sector-Supply-Chains

Harris Energy Policies Under Fire in Crucial Swing State

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Harris-Energy-Policies-Under-Fire-in-Crucial-Swing-State.html

Tensions Rise as Ukraine Ends Russian Gas Transit Agreement

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Tensions-Rise-as-Ukraine-Ends-Russian-Gas-Transit-Agreement.html

CO2 pipeline plan axed by ExxonMobil

https://www.aol.com/news/co2-pipeline-plan-axed-exxonmobil-183900757.html

Microsoft deal signals booming demand from data centers to power AI 

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-utilities-signal-booming-demand-data-centers-ai-takes-root-2024-08-12

Exxon Granted Largest USA Offshore Carbon Storage Site in Texas

https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/exxon_granted_largest_usa_offshore_carbon_storage_site_in_texas-10-oct-2024-178381-article

Leadership Transition at Murphy Oil as Hambly Takes Over

https://www.rigzone.com/news/leadership_transition_at_murphy_oil_as_hambly_takes_over-06-oct-2024-178310-article

Enbridge, Microsoft to Use AI for Enhanced Safety, Emissions Reduction and Asset Optimization

https://www.bicmagazine.com/departments/hse/enbridge-microsoft-to-use-ai-for-enhanced-safety-emissions-reduction-asset-optimization

Vertex Energy Announces Successful Startup of Mobile Refinery Hydrocracker

https://www.bicmagazine.com/industry/refining-petrochem/vertex-energy-announces-successful-startup-of-mobile-refinery-hydrocracker

U.S. natural Gas-Fired Electricity Generation Set New Daily Records in Summer 2024

https://www.bicmagazine.com/industry/powergen/us-natural-gas-fired-electricity-generation-set-new-daily-records-summer-2024

Energy Transfer’s #300M Lawsuit Could Bankrupt Greenpeace USA

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/energy-transfer-s-300m-lawsuit-could-bankrupt-greenpeace-usa/ar-AA1qxyG4

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U.S. dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping

https://www.bicmagazine.com/departments/lift-transport/us-dockworkers-strike-halting-half-the-nations-ocean-shipping

SLB, ADNOC Drilling Form JV for UAE Unconventional O&G

https://www.rigzone.com/news/slb_adnoc_drilling_form_jv_for_uae_unconventional_og-01-oct-2024-178269-article

Big US oil companies reveal massive payments to foreign governments

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/big-us-oil-companies-reveal-massive-payments-foreign-governments-2024-09-30

Explosive-Packed Drone Boat Slams Into Oil Tanker in Red Sea

https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/explosivepacked_drone_boat_slams_into_oil_tanker_in_red_sea-01-oct-2024-178268-article

Crude oil spikes 4% on fears Iran preparing to directly attack Israel

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/01/crude-oil-prices-today.html

ConocoPhillips CEO Calls for U.S. to End ‘Crazy’ LNG Permit Pause

https://pgjonline.com/news/2024/september/conocophillips-ceo-calls-for-us-to-end-crazy-lng-permit-pause

Spotlight on Permian: Pipeline Activity Still Pushing Toward Texas-Louisiana Border

https://pgjonline.com/magazine/2024/august-2024-vol-251-no-8/features/spotlight-on-permian-pipeline-activity-still-pushing-toward-texas-louisiana-border

Chevron, SLB: Competitors become collaborators as innovation accelerates

https://www.bicmagazine.com/industry/refining-petrochem/chevron-slb-competitors-become-collaborators-innovation-accelerates

ExxonMobil’s hydrogen project addresses impact of scale

https://www.bicmagazine.com/industry/refining-petrochem/exxonmobils-hydrogen-project-addresses-impact-scale

The chemical industry’s game-changing contributions to athletics

https://www.bicmagazine.com/departments/hse/chemical-industrys-game-changing-contributions-athletics

Nurturing psychological safety while upholding accountability

https://www.bicmagazine.com/departments/hse/nurturing-psychological-safety-upholding-accountability

Soup thrown at Vincent van Gogh paintings hours after Just Stop Oil protesters jailed

https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-activists-jailed-for-throwing-tomato-soup-over-van-goghs-sunflowers-13223010

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We recorded this episode live from an active drill site, which is the first time it’s ever been done in the history of podcasting! Mark and Paige answer your questions live in the field from Prairie Operating’s Shelduck South Facility in Weld County, Colorado. 

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Recorded live at the National Association of Land and Title Analysts Conference in Houston, Texas.

Marathon Oil Shareholders Approve Megadeal Conoco Acquisition

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Marathon-Oil-Shareholders-Approve-Megadeal-Conoco-Acquisition.html

Qatar Reportedly Eyeing Stake in Germany’s Trapped Russian Refinery

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Qatar-Reportedly-Eyeing-Stake-in-Germanys-Trapped-Russian-Refinery.html

UK Plans New Environmental Guidance for North Sea Oil and Gas Firms

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/UK-Plans-New-Environmental-Guidance-for-North-Sea-Oil-and-Gas-Firms.html

Shutdowns at Libya’s Oilfields Continue

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Shutdowns-at-Libyas-Oilfields-Continue.html

Attacked Oil Tanker Represents Significant Environmental Threat

https://www.rigzone.com/news/attacked_oil_tanker_represents_significant_environmental_threat-28-aug-2024-177912-article

Inpex Says Won New Exploration Block Offshore Australia

https://www.rigzone.com/news/inpex_says_won_new_exploration_block_offshore_australia-22-aug-2024-177846-article

United Oil Shoots Down Rumors of Oil Discovery in Jamaica

https://www.rigzone.com/news/united_oil_shoots_down_rumors_of_oil_discovery_in_jamaica-27-aug-2024-177901-article

Halliburton Aware of Issue Affecting Certain Company Systems

https://www.rigzone.com/news/halliburton_aware_of_issue_affecting_certain_company_systems-26-aug-2024-177888-article

Chevron to pay $550 million settlement to Richmond, California

https://www.bicmagazine.com/industry/regulations/chevron-to-pay-550-million-settlement-to-richmond-california

Shell to sell Sinco pipeline system and Colex terminal to Edgewater Midstream

https://www.bicmagazine.com/industry/investment-banking/shell-to-sell-sinco-pipeline-system-and-colex-terminal-to-edgewater-midstream

Phillips 66 Seeks to Raise $1.8 Billion in Debt Instrument Sale

https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/phillips_66_seeks_to_raise_18_billion_in_debt_instrument_sale-12-sep-2024-178084-article

Scotland’s Only Oil Refinery Set to Close in 2025

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Scotlands-Only-Oil-Refinery-Set-to-Close-in-2025.html

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Ukrainian Suspected of Nord Stream Involvement Flees Poland

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/2024/08/14/ukrainian-suspected-of-nord-stream-involvement-flees-poland

US drillers cut oil and gas rigs for second time in three weeks

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-drillers-cut-oil-gas-rigs-second-time-three-weeks-baker-hughes–2024-08-16

China’s gasoline exports fall 35.7% in July as profit margins weaken

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/chinas-gasoline-exports-fall-357-july-profit-margins-weaken-2024-08-18

Autry Stephens, Endeavor Energy founder and richest U.S. oilman, dies at 86

https://worldoil.com/news/2024/8/16/breaking-news-autry-stephens-endeavor-energy-founder-and-richest-u-s-oilman-dies-at-86

U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ fracing flip-flop haunts her in oil-rich Pennsylvania

https://worldoil.com/news/2024/8/14/u-s-presidential-candidate-kamala-harris-fracing-flip-flop-haunts-her-in-oil-rich-pennsylvania

Subsea sector spending to exceed $42 billion by 2027, Rystad Energy reports

https://worldoil.com/news/2024/8/13/subsea-sector-spending-to-exceed-42-billion-by-2027-rystad-energy-reports

EIA: initial cargo of LNG ships from Mexico

https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/gas-processing/16082024/eia-initial-cargo-of-lng-ships-from-mexico

8 Rivers and Siemens Energy partner on development programme of carbon capture power generation

https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/the-environment/13082024/8-rivers-and-siemens-energy-partner-on-development-programme-of-carbon-capture-power-generation

First significant U.S refinery in 50 years to be built in Texas

https://www.bicmagazine.com/projects-expansions/downstream/texas-to-have-newest-refinery-build-in-50-years

Canada’s crude oil has an increasingly significant role in U.S. refineries

https://www.bicmagazine.com/industry/refining-petrochem/canadas-crude-oil-has-an-increasingly-significant-role-in-us-refineries

Industry partnership advances methane reductions through collaboration and innovation

https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/refining/15082024/industry-partnership-advances-methane-reductions-through-collaboration-and-innovation

Just Stop Oil protests rack up huge bill – and it’s Taxpayers being forced to pay

https://www.gbnews.com/news/just-stop-oil-extinction-rebellion-protests-cost-taxpayers

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Chevron moving headquarters to Texas

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chevron-reshuffles-top-ranks-moving-headquarters-texas-2024-08-02

PSP announces $10 million donation toward new CTE center

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Israel, Mideast Markets Fall on Iran Threat, Global Stock Plunge

https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/israel_mideast_markets_fall_on_iran_threat_global_stock_plunge-05-aug-2024-177644-article

Oil Prices Continue to Climb as Wall Street Braces for Showdown with Iran

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Oil-Prices-Continue-to-Climb-as-Wall-Street-Braces-for-Showdown-with-Iran.html

EPA Audits Potential Fraud in U.S. Biofuels Supply Chain

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/EPA-Audits-Potential-Fraud-in-US-Biofuels-Supply-Chain.html

U.S. Appeals Court Vacates FERC Authorization for Rio Grande LNG

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Appeals-Court-Vacates-FERC-Authorization-for-Rio-Grande-LNG.html

U.S. To Purchase More Oil for SPR While Prices Are Low

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-To-Purchase-More-Oil-for-SPR-While-Prices-Are-Low.html

Maersk Ship Order Shows Change in View on LNG as Marine Fuel

https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/maersk_ship_order_shows_change_in_view_on_lng_as_marine_fuel-07-aug-2024-177669-article

World’s Deepest Offshore Oil Well Planned for Colombia This Year

https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/worlds_deepest_offshore_oil_well_planned_for_colombia_this_year-01-aug-2024-177601-article

Just Stop Oil protesters jailed

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c880xjx54mpo

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